Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation

Contributor:

Speaker22

Raquel

Coverage:

Brazil

Date:

1996-11-05

Description:

ENGLISH: Text written by a Trumai student in 1996. It is a text about types of trees found in the Xingu region. ----- PORTUGUÊS: Texto escrito por um estudante Trumai em 1996. Fala sobre sobre tipos de árvores encontradas no Xingu.

The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.

Explanation about trees of the Xingu region.

The text was originally writen in Trumai. It was translated into Portuguese and English by the researcher, with the help of the Trumai speaker.

The author of the text is Speaker22.

Speaker22 is a native speaker of Trumai, but he is also fully bilingual in Portuguese. His mother is Trumai, his father is Suyá. He spent his childhood in the Steinen village. Nowadays he lives in the city of Canarana, where his father works. Speaker11 is married with children.

Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).